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MEDIA RELEASE 3 February 2014 BETTER BALANCE NEEDED IN VITAMIN AND MINERAL DEBATE Media coverage over potential health threats arising from vitamin and mineral consumption could ironically be doing consumers more harm than good according to Natural Products NZ Chief Executive Alison Quesnel. “Natural Products NZ (NPNZ) and our members welcome discussion and debate that

Pamela Stirling Editor NZ Listener Auckland Dear Ed Sally Blundell’s story “The vital vitamin question” in the latest issue painted a very dim view of the need for supplementation. Unfortunately, not all diets are created equally. While the best way to get vitamins and minerals is through your food, given our modern diet and lifestyles,

STATEMENT : 7/11/13 A recent article published in BMC Medicine journal “DNA barcoding detects contamination and substitution in North American herbal products” has been highlighted in international media. Canadian researchers claim that a number of herbal products in the Canadian and US marketplaces may be contaminated or substituted with alternative plant species and fillers that

STATEMENT : 25/10/13 NPNZ slams study trying to link Omega-3 with heart attacks. Dietary intake of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and risk of myocardial infarction in coronary artery disease patients with or without diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study. The study suggests a high intake of n-3 LCPUFAs was associated with a reduced risk